Comments on: Simplifying life

By: Colin D. Devroe

Colin D. Devroe — Wed, 19 Apr 2006 18:57:39 +0000

Tom Kim: Wives are better at everything, aren’t they?

By: Tom Kim

Tom Kim — Wed, 19 Apr 2006 18:20:17 +0000

My wife is really good at “de-cluttering as you go,” but I tend to let stuff stack up and then tear it all down two or three times a year. Drives her mad.

By: Mike Stickel

Mike Stickel — Wed, 19 Apr 2006 16:52:01 +0000

My purges are totally sporadic. It usually happens at the weirdest times and I’ll go on a rampage. It’s tough for me to toss stuff that I’ve bought because I think that I’m losing the value of it. What I’m realizing now is that I’ve gotten the value out of it, now it’s time for someone else to do the same or just get rid of it.

By: Daniel Nicolas

Daniel Nicolas — Wed, 19 Apr 2006 12:09:38 +0000

I learned early on that finding time to clear out things that weren’t
important or just junk is very very helpful.

Due to my parents loving the idea of moving, after a few moves, I gave
up on keeping alot of personal stuff. When I went off to college for a
bit, I had three bags of clothes, a backpack with stuff, a filebox
filled to the top with cds, and the laptop bag.

My parents have so much junk, mainly my mom – she likes to keep
everything. My dad has his desktop FILLEd with icons. You can’t see
the wallpaper, that’s how bad it is. They don’t understand the
concept of ‘de-cluttering as you go’.

Anyway – it’s good that your living to simplify

By: Matt Burris

Matt Burris — Wed, 19 Apr 2006 04:26:37 +0000

That purging post hits the nail for me, as I’m in the process of purging my roommate’s crap. We’re close to moving to another city, and her being female, a natural packrat, I have to sort through what’s to keep and what to donate to charity. Needless to say, it’ll take a week of work to sort it all out.

By: Eliza

Eliza — Wed, 19 Apr 2006 04:22:52 +0000

I can’t wait to start chucking stuff. Especially all your excess clothing that appears to be taking up some much needed closet space! We’ll have to start tonight! (Wednesday)

By: Dennis Bullock

Dennis Bullock — Wed, 19 Apr 2006 01:41:44 +0000

We do a yearly purge. By we I mean my wife and I…if we asked our children to purge a toy they would die. So we take care of that stuff when they are not at home or outside. Donate to a charity and it is a good tax write off. If you are in the kitchen start in the dreaded junk drawer. You will be amazed at how mant pounds of junk is in there.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 22:15:27 +0000

Hey Colin, nice post. I have been thinking about pitching stuff on my desk, clean up my bookshelves, and especially clean my hard drive. I seem to collect junk. I guess the pack-rat style is passed down in my family. If I plan to have a loft in NY or CA, I will need to learn to pitch and not store.